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Pulmonary Hyalinizing Granuloma Mimicking Metastatic Lung Cancer
Joint Authors
Eren Karanis, Meryem İlkay
Düzgün, Nuri
Kurtipek, Ercan
Esme, Hıdır
Tolu, İsmet
Source
Issue
Vol. 2015, Issue 2015 (31 Dec. 2015), pp.1-3, 3 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2015-08-05
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
3
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Pulmonary hyalinizing granuloma is a very rare benign condition, which usually manifests as solitary and sometimes as multiple pulmonary nodules.
Deposition of immune complexes in the lung parenchyma due to hypersensitivity reactions is implicated in the etiology of pulmonary hyalinizing granuloma.
A 59-year-old female patient who presented to our clinic with complaints of chest pain and cough had bilateral, multiple, and rounded lesions with regular margins suggesting metastatic lung disease.
A transthoracic needle biopsy of the nodule was performed in the left pulmonary anterior segment.
Biopsy showed no malignancy.
Since no diagnosis was made by the biopsy, the patient underwent a video-assisted thoracic surgery.
The wedge biopsy reported pulmonary hyalinizing granuloma.
We aimed to present the diagnosis and treatment stages of our patient who was diagnosed with pulmonary hyalinizing granuloma in the light of literature review.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Düzgün, Nuri& Kurtipek, Ercan& Esme, Hıdır& Eren Karanis, Meryem İlkay& Tolu, İsmet. 2015. Pulmonary Hyalinizing Granuloma Mimicking Metastatic Lung Cancer. Case Reports in Pulmonology،Vol. 2015, no. 2015, pp.1-3.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Düzgün, Nuri…[et al.]. Pulmonary Hyalinizing Granuloma Mimicking Metastatic Lung Cancer. Case Reports in Pulmonology No. 2015 (2015), pp.1-3.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Düzgün, Nuri& Kurtipek, Ercan& Esme, Hıdır& Eren Karanis, Meryem İlkay& Tolu, İsmet. Pulmonary Hyalinizing Granuloma Mimicking Metastatic Lung Cancer. Case Reports in Pulmonology. 2015. Vol. 2015, no. 2015, pp.1-3.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1059881
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1059881